The Good, the Mad & the Lovely

yorks808

Evening! It's been ages since I posted on here although I do have the occasional read!

Had a top weekend of bargains! Used mine and my mums nouvelle coupons in tesco, all went through fine!

Been to waitrose this afternoon, got a £6.50 shop down to just £1.45!! Free newspaper, free grapes and free couscous! I love going there! Their markdowns are best ever! Even multibuy savings get taken off the markdowns! I bought 2 packs of couscous which were 2 for £3 on offer, reduced to 55p. Offer took off 98p so I only paid like 12p for the 2 packs of couscous! Had a £1 off fruit and veg coupon, no minimum spend, used it on those £1 packs of grapes, so got it for free! And free copy of the observer (they'd sold out of the mail on Sunday- well it was 3.30pm when I was there).

cauciuca

evening peeps!



1x CATHEDRAL CITY MATURE TWIN PACK 2 X 350G
- £7.49 £4.00 n/a £6.98
1x LURPAK SLIGHTLY SALTED SPREADABLE 1KG
- £5.68 £3.00 £5.70 £5.68
used £3 off dairy so £4 for 1kg of butter and 750g cheese after pp.

louj101

Happy birthday Miffie xx
hope you had a lovely day xx

Dizzy_Ditzy

queen_of_cheap wrote: »

I just got asked for my wrist measurement

FloFlo wrote: »

[STRIKE]Fluffy[/STRIKE] handcuffs?

Two guesses what Mr Scamps kept by at the bootie today in case I wandered in?? :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Thriftygifty

Hope everyone's having a good day, weather here is awful! I need some help...can anyone think of anything useful but nice to go in a men's hamper? I'm making DH one, we've got a £50 budget this year but only want pratical stuff, i've bought him jeans, socks, DVD, book and thought I would make him a hamper with shower gel etc as he hates buying it, we buy our own I know it's boring but he will like it and I had a complete meltdown yesterday as couldn't think of a present so come up with this!

So far i've got:
4 Lynx shower gel - £0.99 in superdrug
Lynx deodrant roll on - £0.99 for holidays as we only take hand luggage - he's got loads of spray Gillette deodrants from a glitch
Rennies 72 - £3.50 on offer in Mr T's
Nivea Shave gel - £2.00 on offer in Mr T's
Packs of tissues - £1.00
Hayfever tablets - £1.00
Toothpaste - £1.00 prob get a couple
New toothbrush
Nail clippers - £0.50 in T's

Even though we are married we have our own toothpaste etc

Can anyone else think of anything to add to the above or if they think any of the above is overpriced i've looked for offers etc but am stuck!

Thanks trouble is as we've been saving every penny for last 3 years for wedding and house etc it's difficult to spend money on stuff that we don't think is worth it! Even took DH shopping and said find something you want, we came home emptied handed :mad:

vanilla_twist

Afternoon all

Not read back yet but ds2 has just asked for boxers.
Doubt I will get lucky but what was the deal the other day please.
I know I looked but didn't bother as none had been asked for then.

Those of you the enjoyed the Great sewing Bee there is a follow up gift making programme on tonight on bbc2 at 8 pm.
V x

FloFlo

mrsmac10 wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I am holding onto mine a bit longer but did not buy that many. The assistants either know me cos I am often or they are upping their customer service skills

Lol, I bought quite a few, hopefully enough to last unti it's best by date

TrulyMadly

scottishshortie wrote: »

Also next weekend at Lidls Chocolate Truffles ( Milk , Dark or White ) 150g 99p "Fin Carre" Chocolate with Hazelnuts 100g 22p

Yippee:T

Hear that cjj and izzey:)

TrulyMadly

squigs wrote: »

Good morning! (Just):)

Free dishwasher tablets.:D

The site is a bit slow but persevere!

http://www.finishpromotions.co.uk/?rel=external

Thank you squigs:)

Jelly_Biactol

louj101 wrote: »

I have thought about popping to the food bank but I know im really short of money but I just think there are other people out there that may need it more x

A Girl Called Jack has lots of great budget recipe ideas
http://agirlcalledjack.com/tag/recipes/
including Christmassy ones, eg Mince Pies at 15p each
http://agirlcalledjack.com/2013/12/01/have-yourself-a-cheaper-little-christmas-easy-mince-pies-15p/
Honey-Glazed Ham & Veg at £1.53 per person
http://agirlcalledjack.com/2013/12/10/have-yourself-a-cheaper-little-christmas-honey-roasted-ham-with-veg-1-53/
or a Finnish-inspired 3-course meal at £2.50 per person
http://agirlcalledjack.com/2013/12/10/my-finnish-inspired-budget-christmas-dinner-the-guardian/

Coincidentally, I'm making a veg chilli for a family gathering tomorrow, have just put it in the slow cooker for a couple of hours to 'mature'; it smells so good, I might have a bowl of it myself later. That is based on A Girl Called Jack recipe, which works out at around £1 in total (not including rice etc), for four good-sized portions.